Jim Cash

For other people named James Cash, see James Cash (disambiguation).

Jim Cash (17 January 1941 – 25 March 2000) was a film writer, noted for writing such 1980s films such as Top Gun and The Secret of My Success. He was born in Boyne City, Michigan, and later lived in Grand Rapids. He received a B.A. in English from Michigan State University (MSU) in 1970, followed by an M.A. in Television and Radio in 1972; he also taught writing and film history.

Partnership with Jack Epps, Jr.

Cash met a student at Michigan State University, Jack Epps, Jr., who was from the Detroit area, and who would later become his writing partner.

They began their writing relationship while MSU students and wrote their first story together in the MSU Union Grill in 1975. Soon afterwards Epps moved to Hollywood. Cash continued to live in East Lansing, Michigan, while Epps lived in Santa Monica, California. They collaborated by computer across country.

Filmography

• Dangerously (with Jack Epps Jr.) (1978) (unproduced)
• Izzy and Moe (with Jack Epps Jr., Steven Patrick Bell and Robert Boris) (1985) (TV) (Story Only)
• Top Gun (with Jack Epps Jr.) (1986)
• Legal Eagles (with Jack Epps Jr.) (1987)
• The Secret of My Success (with Jack Epps Jr. and A.J. Carothers) (1987)
• Turner & Hooch (with Jack Epps Jr., Dennis Shryack, Michael Blodgett and Daniel Petrie Jr.) (1989)
• Dick Tracy (with Jack Epps Jr.) (1990)
• Anaconda (with Jack Epps Jr. and Hans Bauer) (1997)
• The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (with Jack Epps Jr.) (2000)

External links

• Jim Cash at the Internet Movie Database